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The FINANCIAL -- On July 10 the Commission's record €13.1 billion investment plan for the transport sector is coming closer to reality, after EU Member States approved the list of projects to receive funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

The FINANCIAL -- On July 10, the European Commission will pledge approximately €450 million to support the recovery of the three countries most affected by Ebola - Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

The FINANCIAL -- Romania, Bulgaria and Italy will receive €66.5 million in total for compensation to cover part of the cost of emergency measures taken during the 2014 floods, after Parliament approved a Commission proposal for this on July 7. The aid

The FINANCIAL -- The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides announces on July 7 his objective to dedicate 4% of the EU humanitarian aid budget to education for children in emergency situations.

The FINANCIAL -- On July 2, the Commission and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued the first single air safety authorisations to 22 third country operators. These certifications will be valid throughout the EU.

The FINANCIAL -- The European Commission on July 1 adopted a decision to allocate €12 million to the European Endowment for Democracy (EED), financing the core functioning of the foundation for the period end 2015 to 2018.

The FINANCIAL -- Bulgaria has announced that it will contribute €100 million to projects benefiting from finance by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), at the heart of the €315 billion Investment Plan for Europe.

The FINANCIAL -- Trading in seal products from hunts hitherto conducted to protect fishing stocks will be banned in the EU in future but the exemption for the trade in products derived from seal hunts carried out by the Inuit community will

The FINANCIAL 0-- Record numbers of migrants died as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe in 2014. Member States should therefore consider offering more legal possibilities for people in need of international protection to enter the EU, as viable

The FINANCIAL -- To promote jobs and growth in Europe, social and micro-enterprises will soon have access to over €500 million in finance. This is the result of a new mandate agreement signed on June 24 between the European Commission and the